Management and the professions: How cracked is that glass ceiling?

Public Money and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-20

  Wilson, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036406448     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00290     Document Type: Article

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